BRT vs. NTST, DEA, ALEX, PMT, AIV, ALX, MFA, UMH, FBRT, and CSR
Should you be buying BRT Apartments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BRT Apartments include NETSTREIT (NTST), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), Alexander's (ALX), MFA Financial (MFA), UMH Properties (UMH), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), and Centerspace (CSR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) and NETSTREIT (NYSE:NTST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
NETSTREIT has higher revenue and earnings than BRT Apartments. BRT Apartments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NETSTREIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NETSTREIT had 2 more articles in the media than BRT Apartments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for NETSTREIT and 0 mentions for BRT Apartments. NETSTREIT's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat BRT Apartments' score of 0.00 indicating that NETSTREIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BRT Apartments has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NETSTREIT has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BRT Apartments received 257 more outperform votes than NETSTREIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.78% of users gave BRT Apartments an outperform vote while only 48.08% of users gave NETSTREIT an outperform vote.
BRT Apartments presently has a consensus price target of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.35%. NETSTREIT has a consensus price target of $18.09, indicating a potential upside of 7.89%. Given BRT Apartments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BRT Apartments is more favorable than NETSTREIT.
29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.2% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of NETSTREIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BRT Apartments has a net margin of 5.10% compared to NETSTREIT's net margin of 4.57%. BRT Apartments' return on equity of 2.06% beat NETSTREIT's return on equity.
BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. NETSTREIT pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. BRT Apartments pays out 454.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NETSTREIT pays out 911.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BRT Apartments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
BRT Apartments beats NETSTREIT on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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